The Heritage Auction Galleries has published on their latest online catalog and listings for their upcoming event, “Signature Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Auction – Auction #7031”, to be held February 18-19 at their Beverly Hills, California location. [Read more…]
ABC News Coverage of FIDM “19th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” Wardrobe Museum Exhibit
As reported last month, the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising is hosting their annual costume exhibit (see FIDM Hosts “19th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” Wardrobe Museum Exhibit”). Today, ABC news provided coverage of the exhibit in a television news broadcast, which can also be viewed on the web. [Read more…]
San Diego Comic Con International 2011 Membership Passes/Tickets/Badges Redux – To Go On Sale Tomorrow
Membership passes for San Diego Comic Con International 2011 will go on sale at 9:00 am Pacific Time tomorrow, February 5th. This follows earlier attempts to sell tickets to the popular event months ago. , which resulted in the official website crashing on November 1st and again with a second attempt on November 22nd. [Read more…]
Gnomon Workshop School of Visual Effect – “Master Classes 2011” Online February 11th – 25th
The Gnomon Workshop is hosting their third annual Master Class online event February 11th – 25th. Artists and lecturers will include Vitaly Bulgarov (Blizzard), Jeremy Engleman (Dreamworks), Neil Huxley (Digital Domain), artists from Weta Workshop (Scott, David and Paul), ILM (Grzegorz Jonkajtys), and more. [Read more…]
FIDM Hosts “19th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” Wardrobe Museum Exhibit
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) will be presenting their “19th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” annual costume exhibit, featuring more than 100 original costumes from more than 20 films released in 2010, including pieces from Shutter Island designed by Sandy Powell, Alice in Wonderland by designer Colleen Atwood, and The Wolfman by designer Milena Canonero. Many wardrobe piece on display will be from Academy Award-nominated movies. [Read more…]
The Latest Tom Spina Designs Restoration & Custom Display Project – ALIEN Costume Elements
Tom Spina and Mike Thomas of Tom Spina Designs have worked their special restoration magic again, this time with some costume elements from the Ridley Scott sci-fi classic, ALIEN (1979). The arm and chest pieces were carefully restored and built onto a custom display. [Read more…]
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Ceremony Charity Auction Begins Today
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is holding a short, four-day auction of television and movie memorabilia as part of their 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Funds raised from the auction, being held by Clothes Off Our Backs, will benefit two charity foundations – BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools) and Storyline Online. [Read more…]
Jalopnik Challenges Authenticity of “JFK Ambulance”; Barrett-Jackson Sells Vehicle for $132,000 at Auction
While not about original props and costumes from movies or television, this story is of interest in that it involves a public auction and public challenges over the authenticity of a high value item offered for sale – an ambulance said to have carried the body of President John F. Kennedy following his assassination in 1963 (Barrett-Jackson Lot: 1277 – 1963 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE AMBULANCE). [Read more…]